Jerusalem PostThree people were killed and ten were wounded, one critically, one moderately and eight lightly, in a suicide attack in a Dimona commercial center.
Police said the attack was a suicide bombing carried by two attackers, but only one succeeded in detonating his explosives. The other terrorist was killed by a police officer from an elite unit who happened to be on the scene, seconds before he could explode himself. It was unclear whether the death count included the terrorists. Magen David Adom ambulances were treating several more wounded on the secene.
Rosa Elberg, a resident of the town said that the bomber detonated his explosives inside a café. "It is like a war, people are running like crazy," she told Channel 2. "I didn't see anyone suspicious. I heard a boom and my ears are still ringing."
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Southern Israel has been on alert against terror attacks since the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers breached the border with Egypt on January 23. The breach made the Negev, where Dimona is located, more vulnerable to penetration by Palestinian terrorists who could enter through the Sinai.